homemade diet for your dog - raw| GREATDANELADY.COM

INTRODUCTION: If you want to make a homemade diet it must be balanced and people just do not know how to do this properly. Therefore this is a terrific way to feed your pet that is balanced.

1. BASIS FOR HOMEMADE DIET : I recommend/use:

Honest Kitchen - Preference Foundation Formula

PREFERENCE - 21% protein/12% fat - Alfalfa, sweet potatoes, cabbage, celery, apples, spinach, organic kelp, coconut, bananas, zucchini, and honey.

You can use any of the other Honest Kitchen formulas as well, they do include meat in the diets but they are balanced and if you add Northwest Naturals balanced meats to their diets the total diet is balanced in calcium/phosphorus levels which is very important for growth or wellness.

2. BALANCED RAW MEAT: I recommend/use: Northwest Naturals Raw Meats

I use this product line of raw foods. It is a family owned company that has their own plant - USDA Inspection info very impressive - terrific quality! I love their nuggets and bars for easy thawing. Dogs love taste and quality I can count on. Flavors: chicken, beef, bison, chicken/salmon, lamb and turkey.

USDA Inspected Ingredients
Grain Free
Quality Guarantee
Northwest Naturals™ is the original raw nugget diet with an improved formulation including: the addition of raw ground bone.
Northwest Naturals™ is manufactured in a quality controlled fully certified USDA human food plant.
Northwest Naturals™ is a food that is developed and manufactured by a team that has a combined 15 years of experience in raw natural pet-food manufacturing.
Northwest Naturals™ uses IQF freezing systems to freeze their products within 5 to 10 minutes of processing.The integrity of the nutrients in their Bars and Nuggets is much higher than chubs that take days to fully freeze.
Northwest Naturals™ is convenient and easy to use.
Northwest Naturals™ offers unsurpassed quality and customer satisfaction guarantees.
Northwest Naturals Inc. uses fresh ground bone for an organic calcium source.

3. SUPPLEMENTS FOR ALL BREEDS: Pick One

Blackwatch Feed Program Kit #1 Puppies 2- 4 months

Blackwatch Feed Program Kit # 3 for Puppies - 4 months - 12 months

Blackwatch Feed Program Kit # 4 Adults

Blackwatch Feed Program Kit # 7 Seniors

The CORE 4 Supplement Kit #38 (3 items in kit)

Kit # 38 - Core 4 Optimal contains: A whole food vitamin/minerals supplement that contains: Probiotics, Digestive Enzymes, Vit C, Barley Grass, Colostrum, Collagen, Trace Minerals MSM, Carnitine, DMG, Yucca. All this to support the immune, heart, joint, metabolism and digestion. An all-in-one product to fill in the holes in your pet's diet.

The kit also contains Nzymes dietary enzymes and Ox-E-Drops.

Optional: Joint Supplementation

If you are looking for a high quality glucosamine joint support product,
Liquid Health Level 5000 is the one I have used for some time. I have used it with great success on my dogs and my elderly dogs respond well to joint nutritional supplementation. The amount of glucosamine in better dog foods is minimal, helpful nonetheless, but minimal, so a good joint supplement is ideal especially for a

Drinking Water:

ny age or breed. I start my dogs during growth stages and continue throughout their adult life. With the large/giant breeds their joints have added stressed, so any thing that can help support them as they age is a positive thing in my opinion.

It is very important to NEVER withhold water from your dog. This can lead to over consumption and bladder infections. Use common sense, do not let them drink excessively after exercise or dinner. Like a horse, let them cool down and then drink. I have found if I have water available in several places, they never overdo it since they know it is available to them when they need it. That way they drink less amounts of water, but more frequently.Withholding water for fear of bloat is a myth. Stress is the cause and bloat/torsion is the response. It is much more complicated that simply saying water is the cause of bloat.

PROGRAM 5 - Homemade Diet + Raw Meat